Autumn Background

Today I’m sharing a fairly quick and easy card featuring a bright autumn background created with Distress Inks.

To create my background:

• I cut a piece of watercolor paper to size
• Using sponge daubers, I began inking my paper with distress inks starting with the lightest colors and gradually adding the dark hues
• (Here are the Distress Ink colors I used in order: Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge)
• To finish off the background piece, I splattered some water droplets over it with a small paintbrush and heat set it with my heat gun

• The next step was stamping my leaves (Leaves Galore – Inkadinkad0) in Versamark Watermark ink, adding black embossing powder, and heat setting with my heat embossing gun
• After distressing the edges, I glued my watercolor panel to a piece of black cardstock and then to my card front.
• The vellum sentiment comes from Creative Memories and has two black photo corners holding it in place
• On the left I added a burlap string bow

• Inside I added an EK Success sentiment stamped in Walnut Stain and two oak leaves
• (Note: To create a more realistic look to my leaves I stamped them in layers – Rusty Hinge, Walnut Stain, and Peeled Paint)

There’s two more days left to join in the CURRENT LINK PARTY, so stop by and show us your current projects that use products from companies Cropstop carries in the store!

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